Paul Re Tygverd—or simply Pasha—arrives in St. Petersburg again. His task is to meet Taya and lie to her, telling her that the world of the Empire only seemed to the girl…
In an underground passage, Pashka meets Lord Milford, the head of the imperial counterintelligence whom everyone believed to be dead. At the same time, Taya arrives at the meeting place. And suddenly the girl is attacked by motorcyclists and kidnapped—while Pasha ends up lying on the cobblestones of St. Petersburg with his head smashed…
His Highness, Richard Frederick Re Tygverd, will also have to visit St. Petersburg, because his son is seriously wounded. Only his beloved wife, Veronika, must not yet know what happened—he needs to sort everything out himself…
Now, His Highness has two tasks: to make sure his son is on the mend, and to find the kidnapped Taya. After all, as it turns out, the girl has a powerful magical potential…